Council asks EU finance ministers to agree a nicotine pouch tax
The Council of the EU has put the tobacco taxation package before finance ministers on 9 November and asked them for a general approach…
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Nicotine pouch news: Velo joins the US legal list — 1 November 2026
Velo became the third brand of nicotine pouch that may lawfully be sold in the United States, ending a duopoly that had held since…
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Virginia now licenses pouch and snus retailers by name
On 1 October Virginia switched on a new statewide retail permit for tobacco products, and the statutory definition names snus outright. Selling a can…
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Nicotine pouch news: ZYN is moving to 20-pouch cans — 25 October 2026
Philip Morris International told investors this week that most of the ZYN flagship range in the United States is moving from 15-pouch cans to…
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Nicotine pouch news — 18 October 2026
A quiet week, and the most useful thing in it is something that did not happen: with eleven days to go until the date…
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FDA names four new tobacco advisers and asks for two more
On 14 October the FDA named four new voting members of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee and opened nominations for two remaining seats,…
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Nicotine pouch news: eight EU ministers want national pouch bans — 11 October 2026
Eight EU health ministers wrote to the Commission on 6 October asking to be allowed to ban nicotine pouches outright in their own countries.…
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Nicotine pouch news: Britain taxes vape liquid, pouches pay nothing — 4 October 2026
A quiet week, with one item that actually matters: Britain began taxing vaping liquid on 1 October and nicotine pouches pay nothing. Elsewhere, the…
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Nicotine pouch news: Germany’s tax bill leaves pouches out, for now — 27 September 2026
21–27 September 2026. No jurisdiction changed its rules on nicotine pouches this week, and the tracker closes the week where it opened it. The…
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Nicotine pouch news: people don’t use pouches the way studies assume — 20 September 2026
Week 1, 14-20 September 2026. No jurisdiction changed its pouch rules. A new study on how people actually use pouches, and vape-hardware money moving…
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